The Lost Husband
Katherine Center
Top 10 Best Quotes
“A good man buys you tampons when you run out. He does the dishes. He makes you coffee before you're awake in the morning. He listens to you when you're talking, even if it's about home decor. He goes out of his way to touch you, even if it's just your hand. He doesn't call it 'babysitting' when he looks after his own children. He calls you from work just to hear your voice. And he always thinks you're beautiful, even---no, especially---when you don't.”
“Anything was possible. Everything was uncertain. But I knew one thing for sure: I'd bounced back before, and I would do it again and again and again. Because that's the only choice there is. And as many things as I still had to lose, I had just as many more left to find.”
“I'd tried so hard to make a perfect, untouchable life for myself. But trouble finds you. Tragedy finds you. And we keep trying anyway. We hope for the best. We believe we can make something for ourselves- something good that will last- even though, at the exact same time, we know we can't.”
“However, the trouble with getting what you've always wanted is that once you have it, you have to worry that you'll lose it.”
“You can't just wish strength for yourself. Or wisdom. Or resilience. Those things have to be earned.”
“Isn't there enough misery in the world? Do I really have to spend my leisure time absorbing more of it?”
“I don't want my kids to be like me. I want them to be better than me.”
“I have to go.' 'Just be careful about your expectations..' 'I want her to apologize.' 'Sweetheart,' Jean said, 'your mother is never going to apologize... Go see her if you need to. But remember who she is. Going to your mother for understanding is like going to the hardware store for bread.”
“All I knew was that watching your children survive their childhoods was so much worse than surviving your own.”
“was my neutral. Even raising kids, surrounded by life and chaos and noise, I carried this feeling around with me most of the time.”
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Book Keywords:
building-character, forgiveness, perfect-life, parenting, bittersweet, selfishness
